Expert-led tours to witness solar eclipses, the northern lights, and other remarkable natural phenomena.
Ring of Fire Expeditions (ROFE) is the longest consecutive astronomical tour organization in the United States. ROFE specializes in astro-tourism since 1970 with expeditions organized and led by Paul D. Maley of the NASA Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society and arranged by Direct Travel, Inc.
These include tours to observe such events as Halley’s Comet, the Leonid meteor shower, transits of Venus and Mercury across the Sun, spacecraft reentries, Northern Lights, solar eclipses, grazing….
Get to know Eclipse Tours through firsthand stories from our trips, articles on the science behind eclipses and the northern lights, and news from our team.
Primary organizer and tour leader for RING OF FIRE EXPEDITIONS, he has spent more than 50 years leading solar eclipse and Northern Lights expeditions around the world.
Formerly worked at the NASA Johnson Space Center supporting Apollo, Skylab, Shuttle, and International Space Station programs for the Mission Operations Directorate. He holds degrees in astronomy and mathematics, physical science and business and designed RING OF FIRE EXPEDITIONS as a public outreach arm of the NASA Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society in Houston, Texas USA….
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